New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-20
DEFEATS PRINCETON.
THE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS BEATEN
TWELVE TO NOTHING.
u.,n erprcoLE IN THE RAIN-THE fE"-HAVEN
Mrs KICK TWO GOALS. HowEvER-oNE
MAN NORTHUMBERLAND
or THE GAME.

" -, ,,,de against the NcwJerscy men the
- ho,ore tho black and yellow thus losing It's last
.hancc for tho remnant which Lamar captured py MS
t.,,ous run down tho Yale field two years ago. lhoso
older rivals Yale and Harvard are now tied TOT 'hc
o,,mn,opshp and the great battle of the season Will
lie fought out on the Polo Ground next IhnfsoaS'
PINT the Yale Princeton game from its unvarying herce
,oss and brIllisncv has always been considered inc
climax OF tho football struggle, and only the acutey
nasty weather yesterday prevented the biesos' 'oe
turn-ou here for years.
A II was. over 900 collcgIans stood out In tno
mourning rain for two hours dancing up and down 'ho
hed with excitement after the ms ami OUTS Vi oo
the hottest college games played In the history VI
oespera,e rough and tumble sport. Three times 'ha'
$3.50, ,ohoror gradua,cs and parsans of the two col
,oo.s ranv NJ them with blue and orange coio's J."
the buttonhoes of their waterproofs or an'o"e ''0
ribbons of thor carefully housed bohnc'e "a,
the shelter of the grand stand anu sh''0" ~
IMAGES from affair." Those VINO 'oo"ou i 49,, -
IN that sort OF thing many bloody hosos anu '
neat hits of sparring. But tho foo'Dai ci''"u' 90
part. we're unanimous, and justly so, In inc opio"
that the gans as a whole, VS. the sharpeS. oos''''
,erod and most reputable played between the Two COZ
leu,s since the present championship series pesa"
YrF's SPLENDID RUSH LIN
The Yale teams work. In fact, was modci OF snap
and vigor. Tho rush Inc stood up ilRe s'o"o M""
and the Princeton players tired thcH'Sci'oS ou'
blindv against II. Even the gigantic Oo"ai' '"oe"
he battered away again and again, sometimes '"''
three mon for yard two hanging around MS ''' NJ
- 70 cb ng, his tactics at last and fry 10 run
o,,,d tho rushcrs instead of through them Inc
princeton men were weak just where Yale was strong
o,d the first goal scored made by Graves, inc
vale haIfbsck Slipping straight through the whole
princeton team and touching down tho pan oet"ec"
the goal posts more than fifteen yards away 10" "'
tho end the champions rushed more and more "eSPei
atcly Int the Ncw.Iltven players neld their gIouhu
doggedly, playing with defensive strategy "n''"
wholly neutralzed the brilliant but d>lontcd piece
work of the Princeton team And all tbs too, on
sogcy and treachcrous field, puddles at one ed muu
three inches deep at the other, the Princeton half Ton
which the fighting was done chiefly looking toward the
crd az II II had been tramrlcd by the mighty
Edwards's celebrated iron heel
SCENES ABOUT THE GEOCNDS
The weather was pretty much repetition OF last
Thanksgiving Day Princc on, though the oddS of mas
tness are somcv hat in favor of NewJescy sand over
Harlem mud Nobody went ont to the Polo Grounds.
however with the idea of s"einga fair day match, and
Inc spectace there was robbed from the start of all
its galetv and life A few shrcd' Of brancc were
LEFT along the edge of the Old cind'r
track where stood the coaches which the more cnthuS
astic hackers OF the teams had chartered I'm al,
vance, and couldn't well help using ON the top Of
each damp, but noisy group Of shouiefs. most OF
them with dripping blue ana bldch anu N'l4"M mas
A waerspout couldn't have drowned the ardor Of most
of these Freshmen and there they sal and shouted TIL
their throats got hoaIse, when cCughcurc in ha>A
was passed around. The nine sharp liahs which are
aught at New-Havcn were strung along without any
intervals for about three hours The Princeton SKY
rocket cheer was out in force until became really
appropriate and then 1t called In for dryer day
The Columbia undergraduates yelled for Princeton ami
the few Harv ard men on hand Sympathlzcd with the
yellow stockngcd players in their defeat But there
was no great enthusiasm even among the winners, and
as soon as the game was called the crowd made rush
to get home.
The match showed two three things clearly In
the first place the double referee system IS an unquai
fed advantage With one look after the play
and anoh her after niracions OF the rules in tack
dng slugging- has almost disappeared from the game
Only one player, Yale rushcr was disqualified, ana
his onease was not fragrant enough 10 be noticed by
100 Of the spectators. The play was as rough as
usual, too yet only ono man, Yale rusher sso was
hurt. Again, sharp, clever game can be played on
the most uufavorable day. The Yale men must be IN
Usually strong fail, for the cxhb ton II gave yestcr
day. even in the wind AID water was nearly ianilcss
IL is no edliylng spectacle to see t~enyt" college
men 50 splashed and sol!cd and tcsrimed as to DC
scarcely dlstingushable from coal beavers ana more
bIoodthrsty than pug.l.srs. Yet on the other hand
II one doesn't take Pneumonia with II, II IS Sairr a1
10 be thrown head heels In the soft mud
the base of black blue and yellow pyramid Oh arms
9a.5 ; team work won the game Yet there wore
a few brilliant individual plays Graves tOuch Gown
The second half Bcccher, the why tlc quarter oach
made long almost TO PRINCETON. goal DG' snpIeG
and fell fsw wards from the line. Amc9 made g"pu
run 100 FOR Princeton and COwan dd a. much hcaVy
plungng all tho rest OF the Princeton team 'oseheI
DETAILS OF tn GAME.
twas :O5 o'clock when ex-Captsin w. A. Brooks OF
Harvard and F. ID. Fisse, also of Harvard referee ana
umpre respectively their places in the middle OF
the field Mr. Brooks looked like English ath!ete,
with his English and steamboat hat Mr. fisko
was as calm and judicial in his bearing as cole4e
police magistrate ought 10 be- and ala n0t carry an
unbre la either In spite OF the pouring rain As soon a
the; came ont Held the spectators on the side OF
the field opposite the grand stand pressed hard against
fe ropes and those the stand craned their heads Tor
ward toward that little passagoway under the STAND
from which great athletes come forth
The wild cheering fer Yale and Princeton. interpreted
with cheers Columbia which varied according 10
the Of the game suddenly ceased and Tie great
multitude held a breathess pause for one brief second.
bn when eleven fine looking young fellows wearing the
Princeton tiger" uniform quickly trotted out IN single
file the pause First you could hear Hurrah,
hurrah hurrah Tiger SD! Boom An !" for Prince
10 but before long tho last part Of tho cheer was
drowned in Yae's sharp "'Rah 'rah. ran. Yale
The Princeton took their places in the neld and
gan TO ganDol around In the mud and water as II they
liked the conditions
the giant OF the eleven ana the team neckod
around him like children around some big school
teacher IT'S Peaces eleven OF SO over again." said
sanguine ale man. In moment there terrific
howl from Yale Threats as their favorites eaded y
Harry Beecher, who would make giant ain OF the
Yale slipped out OF tler rooms AMI their end
Of the field Cheers for Yale and Princeton ured
a. thick aud the rain elcvens pidy PIE.
pared for the great contest.
CHEERING The RIVAL TEAMS.
Every second young follow would pop up in the grand
stand or behind the repes and yell in hoarsc voice
"Now fellows. three times three for Yale" "for
Princeton" as tho case might be. waving his arms
like a lighting cock. and swing his college banner as
Thousand. of thrOats roared out their college cheer
TASKS shine Ia the air brief second their
cannot stand the excitement verybody IS up in the
grand ever body outside OF the ropes presses
against the lines IL is o'clock. VIII they begin
Is the Xious question that ono answer except
Billy Brooks, the referee, whe stands unnoved The L
element Is Intense; Princeton has tho Kick OF